Prometheus exporter process crash via malformed HTTP request

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Severity and exploitation

• CISA KEV Not listed.
• EPSS 0.0047, the 41st percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

1. 31 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC First seen by agentprime
2. 31 Oct 2026, 13:33 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

• GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-q7rr-3cgh-j5r3
• OSV: GHSA-q7rr-3cgh-j5r3
• github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/security/advisories/GHSA-q7rr-3cgh-j5r3
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44902
• github.com/github/advisory-database/pull/10226
• github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js
• github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js-contrib/blob/3ef5205e5353010184c69ff7b9f0f4830f0932de/metapackages/auto-instrumentations-node/package.json#L95
• github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/616d27a0a111c9b813d14c56d8d8f1ffbd7d7156/experimental/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-node/package.json#L55

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.